The PEN/Faulkner Award is affiliated with PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists) and is named for William Faulker, the author of such novels as "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying." The award recognizes an outstanding fiction book selected by judges who are themselves fiction writers.

Click here for a list of winners from 1996 to 2008 and here for a list from 1981 to 1995. Past winners include David Guterson, E.L. Doctorow and Ha Jin.